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Role of Four the Coccinellid Predator Species in Regulating the Population of the Main Piercing-Sucking Insect Pests Attacking Certain Vegetable Crops

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Last updated: 09 Mar 2025

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Zoology and Insects

Abstract

The experiments were conducted to investigate the role of coccinellid predators in regulating insect pest populations on vegetable crops in the Kafr-Saad area, Damietta Governorate, Egypt, during the two successive summer planting seasons of 2021 and 2022. Four predator species belonging to the order Coleoptera (Coccinella undecimpunctata, Hippodamia convergens, Cheilomenes propinqua vicina and Scymnus spp.) were recorded on cucumber, okra, eggplant, and cowpea crops. Among the coccinellid predators, C. propinqua vicina was the most abundant on vegetable crops, followed by Scymnus spp., then H. convergens, while C. undecimpunctata was the least abundant. During the first season, C. propinqua vicina accounted for 32.8%, 28.7%, 30.3%, and 22.8% of the total coccinellid predators on cucumber, okra, eggplant, and cowpea crops, respectively. In the second season, these percentages were 32.8%, 30.0%, 28.3%, and 25.4%, respectively. Conversely, C. undecimpunctata represented the smallest proportion, accounting for 21.8%, 18.6%, 20.2%, and 23.1% in the first season, and 21.3%, 19.4%, 21.5%, and 21.5% in the second season for the same crops. Regarding host plant preferences, the coccinellid predators (C. propinqua vicina, H. convergens and C. undecimpunctata) showed a strong preference for cucumber plants, followed by okra and eggplant, with the least preference for cowpea. In contrast, Scymnus spp. preferred okra plants, followed by cucumber and eggplant, with cowpea being the least preferred host, during both the first and second seasons.

DOI

10.21608/djas.2025.358696.1002

Keywords

coccinellid predators, piercing-sucking insects, vegetable crops

Authors

First Name

Tarek

Last Name

Ata

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University ,Damietta, Egypt

Email

drtarekata@du.edu.eg

City

Damietta

Orcid

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First Name

Hafez

Last Name

El-Kady

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt

Email

hafezelkady@du.edu.eg

City

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Orcid

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First Name

Samir

Last Name

Awadallah

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Economic Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture -Mansoura University, Mansoura ,Egypt

Email

awadalla28@mans.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Abdelrahman

Last Name

Essa

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt

Email

abdelrahman-essa@du.edu.eg

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Volume

4

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

53500

Issue Date

2025-07-01

Receive Date

2025-02-09

Publish Date

2025-07-01

Page Start

18

Page End

35

Print ISSN

2812-5347

Online ISSN

2812-5355

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https://djas.journals.ekb.eg/article_414227.html

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414,227

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Original research papers

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3,413

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Publication Title

Damietta Journal of Agricultural Sciences

Publication Link

https://djas.journals.ekb.eg/

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Role of Four the Coccinellid Predator Species in Regulating the Population of the Main Piercing-Sucking Insect Pests Attacking Certain Vegetable Crops

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09 Mar 2025